The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance wants your thoughts on Commercialization

The fact that Canadian industry has been underperforming in terms of innovation and productivity by comparison with other developed countries is attracting a lot of attention from public and private organizations in Canada.

Most of the discussions to date have addressed the issues of “innovation” and its relationship with various aspects of “research”. As a result, little is known about the actual practices of “commercialization” (broadly defined as the transfer of knowledge into money) necessary to reap the economic and social benefits of innovation developments.

The study is meant to help Canadian industry and Government executives to develop better practices, policies and programs for ensuring Canadian competitiveness on the global stage.

Complete the Commercialization Survey now and answer the survey questions to provide your personal contribution to a better understanding of what works and does not for Canadian companies in matters of commercialization and related support programs.

Responding to the survey will also open the opportunity to participate in follow-on interviews and the regional round-table discussions planned to enable debates on the preliminary results of the study and the ensuing proposals for policies and programs conducive to higher commercialization performance by Canadian companies.

The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance grows the revenues of its 28,000 members by creating a collaborative edge -- a chain of expanding value that ripples across Canada’s Innovators, Commercializers, Users, and Professionals.
The largest high-tech association in Canada, CATAAlliance matches businesses with opportunities across almost every sector, so that we can all do business together....
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